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The determination of galaxy cluster mass is of great importance since it is directly linked to the well- known problem of dark matter in the Universe and to the cluster baryon content. X-ray observations from satellites have enabled a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Sadat

Clusters of galaxies offer a robust test bed for probing the nature of dark matter that is insensitive to the assumption of the gravity theories. Both Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) and General Relativity (GR) would require similar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Priyamvada Natarajan , Hongsheng Zhao

It is shown that using the relativistic field theory of gravity (RTG) and measured value of $\Omega_{tot}$ one can obtain the upper limit on the graviton mass with 95%C.L.: $m\leq 1.6\cdot 10^{-66}$ [g]; within the $(1\sigma)$ range its…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-28 S. S. Gershtein , A. A. Logunov , M. A. Mestvirishvili , N. P. Tkachenko

Efforts to place limits on deviations from canonical formulations of electromagnetism and gravity have probed length scales increasing dramatically over time.Historically, these studies have passed through three stages: (1) Testing the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-11-18 Alfred Scharff Goldhaber , Michael Martin Nieto

In spite of the growing observational evidence for dark matter and dark energy in the universe, their physical nature is largely unknown. In fact, several authors have proposed modifications of Newton's law of gravity at cosmological scales…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Akihito Shirata , Tetsuya Shiromizu , Naoki Yoshida , Yasushi Suto

We use the planetary ephemeris INPOP17b to constrain the mass of the graviton in the Newtonian limit. We also give an interpretation of this result for a specific case of fifth force framework. We find that the residuals for the Cassini…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-10-23 L. Bernus , O. Minazzoli , A. Fienga , M. Gastineau , J. Laskar , P. Deram

Despite consistent progress in numerical simulations, the observable properties of galaxy clusters are difficult to predict ab initio. It is therefore important to compare both theoretical and observational results to a direct measure of…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Henk Hoekstra , Matthias Bartelmann , Haakon Dahle , Holger Israel , Marceau Limousin , Massimo Meneghetti

Strong evidence for the Helling-Downs correlation curves have been reported by multiple pulsar timing array (PTA) collaborations in middle 2023. In this work, we investigate the graviton mass bounds by analyzing the observational data of…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-20 Sai Wang , Zhi-Chao Zhao

We study the implications and limitations of galaxy cluster surveys for constraining models of particle physics and gravity beyond the Standard Model. Flux limited cluster counts probe the history of large scale structure formation in the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 Joshua Erlich , Brian Glover , Neal Weiner

If the graviton possesses a non-zero charge $q_g$, gravitational waves (GW) originating from astrophysical sources would experience an additional time delay due to intergalactic magnetic fields. This would result in a modification of the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-11-11 Sreejith Nair , Aditya Vijaykumar , Sudipta Sarkar

If the accelerated expansion of the universe is due to a modification of general relativity at late times, it is likely that the growth of structure on large scales would also display deviations from the standard cosmology. We investigate…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-27 Marcell Howard , Arthur Kosowsky , Georgios Valogiannis

Light gravitinos of mass $\lesssim \mathcal{O} (10)$ eV are of particular interest in cosmology, offering various baryogenesis scenarios without suffering from the cosmological gravitino problem. The gravitino may contribute considerably to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-03 Ken Osato , Toyokazu Sekiguchi , Masato Shirasaki , Ayuki Kamada , Naoki Yoshida

The existence of the three most massive clusters of galaxies observed so far at z>0.5 is used to constrain the mass density parameter of the universe, Omega, and the amplitude of mass fluctuations, sigma_8. We find Omega=0.2 (+0.3,-0.1),…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 Neta A. Bahcall , Xiaohui Fan

Traditional estimators of the mass of galaxy clusters assume that the cluster components (galaxies, intracluster medium, and dark matter) are in dynamical equilibrium. Two additional estimators, that do not require this assumption, were…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-02 Antonaldo Diaferio

The mass function of galaxy clusters is a powerful tool to constrain cosmological parameters, e.g., the mass fluctuation on the scale of 8 h^{-1} Mpc, sigma_8, and the abundance of total matter, Omega_m. We first determine the scaling…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 Z. L. Wen , J. L. Han , F. S. Liu

We investigate the scaling relation between the Compton Y parameter and mass in a gravity-selected sample of galaxy clusters, selected based on their gravitational lensing effects on background galaxies. Unlike ICM-selected samples,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-13 S. Andreon , M. Radovich

The gravitational redshift effect allows one to directly probe the gravitational potential in clusters of galaxies. Following up on Wojtak et al. [Nature (London) 477, 567 (2011)], we present a new measurement. We take advantage of new data…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-23 Iftach Sadeh , Low Lerh Feng , Ofer Lahav

The dynamics of globular clusters has been studied in great detail in the context of general relativity as well as with modifications of gravity that strongly depart from the standard paradigm such as MOND. However, at present there are no…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-28 Claudio Llinares

We review recent advancements in cosmology with galaxy clusters. Galaxy clusters are the most massive objects in the Universe. Consequently the cluster number density as a function of cluster mass, or cluster abundance, is sensitive to…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-13 Hironao Miyatake

The gravitational slip parameter is an important discriminator between large classes of gravity theories at cosmological and astrophysical scales. In this work we use a combination of simulated information of galaxy cluster mass profiles,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-27 Lorenzo Pizzuti , Ippocratis D. Saltas , Santiago Casas , Luca Amendola , Andrea Biviano